<p>Work Schedule</p> <p>Standard (Mon-Fri)</p> <p>Environmental Conditions</p> <p>Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office</p> <p>Job Description</p> <p>Join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Sr Manager, NPI, Quality, and Analytics in our Chemical Analysis Division! This role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead a coordinated function that ensures supplier readiness for New Product Introductions (NPI). You'll improve supplier quality and capabilities, delivering data-supported decisions that drive procurement and product delivery. This is your chance to work on world-class projects and make a significant impact!</p> <p>Job Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Build and lead PMO practices to control NPI and supplier programs, including stage-gate processes, portfolio planning, change control, RAG reporting, and executive briefings. </li><li>Enable rapid decision-making across Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, and Legal by removing blockers and raising risks effectively. </li><li>Recruit, mentor, and develop a strong, matrixed team of supplier quality engineers, procurement/NPI leads, and data analysts. </li><li>Own budgets for supplier development and PMO programs, track return on investment, and report realized savings/cost avoidance. </li></ul> <p>NPI & Launch Readiness</p> <ul> <li>Lead procurement and supplier-quality aspects of complex NPIs, including sourcing strategy, long-lead management, BOM cost-to-target, supplier qualification (PPAP/FAI), and launch-readiness sign-off. </li><li>Define and enforce NPI gate criteria, including supplier capability, contractual terms, quality controls, and capacity confirmation. </li><li>Drive supplier early-engagement for prototypes/pilots, coordinate first-article approvals, tooling transfers, and qualification timelines. </li><li>Partner with Engineering to lead design-to-cost initiatives and supplier co-development to shorten qualification time and reduce launch cost. </li></ul> <p>Supplier Quality & Supplier Development</p> <ul> <li>Lead the qualification and re-qualification of suppliers, assess their capabilities, and carry out on-site audits; direct CAPA governance and confirm verification through to closure. </li><li>Develop and coordinate supplier improvement initiatives (SPCI / Lean / Kaizen), co-investment approaches, and technical actions that decrease defects, improve process capability (SPC, MSA), and reduce TCO. </li><li>Implement supplier performance management, including scorecards, essential metrics (PPM, OTIF, CAPA closure time), protocols for addressing critical issues, and incentive structures. </li><li>Build and manage supplier risk mitigation programs, including dual-sourcing, nearshoring/kitting pilots, tariff mitigation, obsolescence planning, and contingency stock. </li></ul> <p>Data & Analytics Leadership</p> <ul> <li>Establish and govern a canonical analytics capability for procurement and NPI, including spend & savings pipeline, TCO models, supplier risk scoring, and launch-readiness dashboards. </li><li>Lead advanced analytics initiatives (forecasting, scenario planning, anomaly detection, root-cause analytics) that directly inform sourcing and supplier development decisions. </li><li>Translate complex analytics into concise, committed recommendations for category teams and senior leaders; ensure executive-ready reporting and adoption. </li><li>Own data quality, lineage, and governance for procurement/NPI datasets; partner with IT/Finance to ensure reliable, automated data pipelines. </li></ul> <p>Compensation and Benefits</p> <p>The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $130,000.00-$194,950.00.</p> <p>This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:</p> <ul> <li> <p>A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs</p> </li><li> <p>Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement</p> </li><li> <p>At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy</p> </li><li> <p>Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan</p> </li><li> <p>Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount</p> </li></ul> <p>For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards</p>